Two-year-old Atreca, a very small company with very big plans, recently got a very big boost when the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation made a $6 million equity investment in the biopharmaceutical firm. San Carlos, CA-based Atreca and the Seattle non-profit will work together to speed up progress toward the development of new vaccines and drugs. … Continue reading “Startup Atreca Joins With Gates Foundation to Speed Vaccine Discovery”
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The Reproducibility Initiative: A Good Idea in Theory that Won’t Work in Practice
The failure of scientists to independently confirm much of the data contained in “hot” academic publications is casting a long shadow over the biopharmaceutical industry. Research groups at Amgen and Bayer reported that the data in a significant percentage of published “breakthrough” papers from academic scientists could not be confirmed in their labs. Given that … Continue reading “The Reproducibility Initiative: A Good Idea in Theory that Won’t Work in Practice”
Bottlenose Secures $1,000,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=75206142-f602-4819-a67c-139aeb3f7b18&Preview=1 Date 10/2/2012 Company Name Bottlenose Mailing Address 555 California Street 12th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description Bottlenose is a real-time discovery engine for the social web. It measures what the crowd is paying attention to, so you can discover and focus on what’s important now. Bottlenose is used by … Continue reading “Bottlenose Secures $1,000,000 Seed Financing Round”
AppEnsure Lands $250,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9791ccac-275d-43c7-964c-2cc751e4e8fa&Preview=1 Date 10/2/2012 Company Name AppEnsure Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description AppEnsure delivers Applications Performance Ensurance in dynamic Virtualized & Cloud computing environments, enabling the cost benefit promise of utility computing while maintaining business-critical Application performance. Website http://www.appensure.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $250,000 Transaction Round Seed … Continue reading “AppEnsure Lands $250,000 Seed Funding”
SST Receives New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=83ebccca-a2aa-437d-b364-37aeb1c0dae6&Preview=1 Date 10/2/2012 Company Name SST Mailing Address 1060 Terra Bella Avenue Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description SST, maker of the ShotSpotter gunshot location systems and technology, is based in Santa Clara, CA. SST’s flagship product, the ShotSpotter Gunshot Location System, detects gunfire and other weapons-events across large urban areas using … Continue reading “SST Receives New Round”
Good Technology Acquires AppCentral for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=20b67e72-dd54-4fee-953c-c5ff81f9af92&Preview=1 Date 10/2/2012 Company Name AppCentral Mailing Address 575 Florida St San Francisco, CA 94110 Company Description We’re AppCentral, the Mobile Application Management people. Our self-service Enterprise Mobile App Storefront makes it easy to distribute, secure and manage mobile apps without getting tangled up in your users’ personal stuff. Website http://www.appcentral.com Transaction … Continue reading “Good Technology Acquires AppCentral for Undisclosed Sum”
Jelli Obtains $9,000,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c9c12d19-a94a-40bc-9581-985a555c684a&Preview=1 Date 10/2/2012 Company Name Jelli Mailing Address 4 West 4th Avenue San Mateo, CA 94402 Company Description Jelli is 100% user-controlled radio, enabling users to take over a radio station using their web browsers. Leveraging the power of the web to reinvent traditional broadcasting, Jelli empowers the community to interact with … Continue reading “Jelli Obtains $9,000,000 Series B Financing Round”
Microsoft Azure Accelerator: 10 Startup Names to Watch
Microsoft’s partnership with the TechStars accelerator is taking another big step forward today: It’s announcing the first class of 10 startups admitted to the Azure cloud computing program. The software giant says it screened more than 600 applicants for the program, which houses startup founders in Microsoft’s office in the South Lake Union neighborhood—right near … Continue reading “Microsoft Azure Accelerator: 10 Startup Names to Watch”
Genentech, ImmunoGen Souped-Up Breast Cancer Drug Extends Lives
Genentech dominated the headlines with its “souped-up” breast cancer drug at the big American cancer meeting in the spring. Now it’s making headlines again this fall at a European cancer meeting with some new details about the drug. The South San Francisco-based biotech company said today that its experimental drug trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) was able … Continue reading “Genentech, ImmunoGen Souped-Up Breast Cancer Drug Extends Lives”
Betting on Biotech to Catalyze U.S. Job Growth? Don’t Count On It
The big national conversation this election year is about jobs. The number of unemployed, underemployed, and discouraged workers in the U.S. has been scary-high for a few years now. Everyone wants to know in the wake of the Great Recession how to create more jobs, more high-wage jobs, and train more Americans to get those … Continue reading “Betting on Biotech to Catalyze U.S. Job Growth? Don’t Count On It”
DataStax Lands $25,000,000 Series C Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5fab488e-5497-496b-8f0a-2df0f9f54015&Preview=1 Date 10/1/2012 Company Name DataStax Mailing Address 777 Mariners Island Blvd San Mateo, CA 94404 Company Description DataStax (formerly Riptano) is the commercial leader in Apache Cassandra, and is leveraging this next-generation data platform that evolved from work at Google, Amazon and Facebook to make it easy for customers to build, … Continue reading “DataStax Lands $25,000,000 Series C Round”
LiveLeaf Bioscience Obtains $550,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c71fa6ff-cf66-4f6e-bf87-b2fc20d325ab&Preview=1 Date 10/1/2012 Company Name LiveLeaf Bioscience Mailing Address 1200 Industrial Road 9B San Carlos, CA 94070 Company Description After years of research, LiveLeaf has developed a deep understanding of this elusive cellular chemistry at the heart of plant immunity. Combining knowledge from several scientific fields LiveLeaf has developed the unique LiveXtract … Continue reading “LiveLeaf Bioscience Obtains $550,000 New Funding Round”
MyVR Obtains $1,400,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8c18bcc9-1a83-4f2f-98cf-fe89fccecca4&Preview=1 Date 9/29/2012 Company Name MyVR Mailing Address 150 California St San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description MyVR is online marketing software that allows vacation rental owners and operators to manage all of their vacation rental marketing in one place. MyVR is the complete marketing solution for your vacation rental home. Website … Continue reading “MyVR Obtains $1,400,000 Seed Financing Round”
Xconomy Forum: The Power of the Pivot
It’s commonly said that Silicon Valley forgives failure. But it might be closer to the truth to say that it forgives near failure. If you’re a startup founder, nobody wants to see you give up on your vision. Much better to pivot to a related idea while you’ve still got some capital in the bank. … Continue reading “Xconomy Forum: The Power of the Pivot”
PokitDok Helps Patients Connect the Dots in a Fragmented Healthcare System
Before co-founding PokitDok, a forum and marketplace for health services, CEO Lisa Maki was in the midst of a major health issue. A serious athlete, Maki had rowed crew at Stanford and snowboarded in Utah, but she was experiencing back pain so severe she couldn’t walk 50 yards, and had to rest halfway through a … Continue reading “PokitDok Helps Patients Connect the Dots in a Fragmented Healthcare System”
Concur Bets Big on Mobile, the Next Big Revolution in Biz Travel
Concur Technologies is often cited as one of the Seattle area’s under-the-radar success stories: A growing public company, founded in 1993, that sells travel and expense reporting software to businesses big and small. Instagram, it definitely ain’t. But the cool-obsessed technology industry, whose investors and insiders tend to reward swagger, is missing something if it … Continue reading “Concur Bets Big on Mobile, the Next Big Revolution in Biz Travel”
Zumper Receives $1,000,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ad5c03fe-03ef-4f30-8569-2ac8b193cd36&Preview=1 Date 9/28/2012 Company Name Zumper Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description We founded Zumper because we couldn’t believe there wasn’t a better way to discover great apartments. As tenants ourselves, we were still using all the old search sites with the same frustrating results. So we put together … Continue reading “Zumper Receives $1,000,000 Seed Financing Round”
Pixowl Secures $1,200,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=695418c7-874c-4c56-b815-77eace67bf7f&Preview=1 Date 9/28/2012 Company Name Pixowl Mailing Address 524 Union Street San Francisco, CA 94133 Company Description Pixowl’s experienced international team of dynamic innovators strives to meet and exceed the desires of gamers worldwide by combining cutting-edge design with unique IPs, while making cost-effective production a priority. With the success of its … Continue reading “Pixowl Secures $1,200,000 New Financing Round”
Diodes Acquires Power Analog Microelectronics for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5bc1eb3b-389f-4cd9-b3d5-d05908a4bcad&Preview=1 Date 9/28/2012 Company Name Power Analog Microelectronics Mailing Address 3685 Enochs Street Santa Clara, CA 95051 Company Description Power Analog Microelectronics, Inc. (PAM), established in 2004, focuses on advanced analog, and high-voltage power integrated circuits. The company’s mission is to deliver environmentally friendly green integrated circuits that are both highly efficient … Continue reading “Diodes Acquires Power Analog Microelectronics for Undisclosed Sum”
Treasure Data Obtains $1,500,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=beb4f584-ad14-41f4-80c3-62251c5845bb&Preview=1 Date 9/28/2012 Company Name Treasure Data Mailing Address 201 San Antonio Road Mountain View, CA 94040 Company Description The Treasure Data Cloud Data Warehouse service enables data-driven companies to get big data analytics running in days not months without specialist IT resources and for a tenth the cost of other alternatives. … Continue reading “Treasure Data Obtains $1,500,000 New Financing Round”
Google Acquires San Diego’s Nik Software, a Photo FX Specialist
Google has acquired San Diego-based Nik Software, a 17-year-old company that found its niche making software plug-ins used primarily by professional photographers to create special effects with Adobe Photoshop. Vivek “Vic” Gundotra, Google’s senior vice president for engineering, did not disclose financial terms of the deal in a recent Google+ blog post announcing the acquisition. … Continue reading “Google Acquires San Diego’s Nik Software, a Photo FX Specialist”
Bayer, Onyx Cancer Drug Wins FDA Approval Ahead of Schedule
Bayer and South San Francisco-based Onyx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ONXX]]) have had a long-running partnership in marketing one cancer drug, and now they have a second one to start selling together. The FDA said today it has approved regorafenib (Stivarga) as a new treatment in the U.S. for patients with colorectal cancer that has spread after … Continue reading “Bayer, Onyx Cancer Drug Wins FDA Approval Ahead of Schedule”
Subscription Service Love With Food Helps Gourmets Discover New Treats
When Aihui Ong, founder and CEO of Love With Food, a Birchbox-style food subscription service, was applying to the incubator 500 Startups last fall, she wasn’t too optimistic. She believed in her company, which she had conceived as a sort of Groupon for small food producers, but she knew that she faced tough odds as … Continue reading “Subscription Service Love With Food Helps Gourmets Discover New Treats”
Installing an App on Your Genome: 23andMe Opens Up to Developers
Thousands of adventurous souls have signed up to have their DNA sequenced by companies like 23andMe, Navigenics, and Iceland’s deCODEme—businesses that appeal to the curiosity people have about their genetic make-up. For even more adventurous types, there’s the option of uploading that entire genome scan to other Web outfits like SNPedia, a wiki for the … Continue reading “Installing an App on Your Genome: 23andMe Opens Up to Developers”
Kinsella Redux: Charting a Way Back for Life Sciences Startups
As a man of many talents, Avalon Ventures’ Kevin Kinsella has a tendency to apply a term from one of his fields of interests in a conversation about another. Kinsella’s career as a biotech venture investor has spanned nearly 30 years and more than 100 financings. These include early stage bets on San Francisco-based Onyx … Continue reading “Kinsella Redux: Charting a Way Back for Life Sciences Startups”
Kamcord Garners New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5779402c-9d79-4fb3-ba0c-0eda9fa2243c&Preview=1 Date 9/27/2012 Company Name Kamcord Mailing Address 542 La Conner Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94087 Company Description Unlock your mobile gaming moments. Allow users to record and share their awesome gameplays. Without having to leave your game. Get more installs from people that see your game on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Currently … Continue reading “Kamcord Garners New Round”
Bureau of Trade Lands $1,200,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=56f43a25-e5aa-41df-8806-c998e6964e6d&Preview=1 Date 9/27/2012 Company Name Bureau of Trade Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94123 Company Description BUREAU OF TRADE is a shopping and discovery experience for men–a unique blend of media and commerce working in service of a vision called Transactional Entertainment. With venture backing from Foundation Capital, Founder Collective, and … Continue reading “Bureau of Trade Lands $1,200,000 Seed Funding Round”
Medallia Lands $35,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f27426b9-d549-443c-ad44-e4ce09e29b98&Preview=1 Date 9/27/2012 Company Name Medallia Mailing Address 395 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description Medallia purpose-built its Customer Feedback Management Solution to help clients capture feedback from their stakeholders, share the data company-wide, recover customers at risk, discover what’s behind the data, and improve company performance. Website http://www.medallia.com … Continue reading “Medallia Lands $35,000,000 New Funding Round”
Klout Lands New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=879f0ac6-a3c8-4a11-81a2-292150ec4c82&Preview=1 Date 9/27/2012 Company Name Klout Mailing Address 77 Stillman San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Klout measures individual and company influence across the social Web. Website http://www.klout.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Specific proceeds purposes were not disclosed, however the investment came as part … Continue reading “Klout Lands New Funding”
Silicor Materials Secures $4,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8aee2454-67d7-4390-89af-d52d9e95af46&Preview=1 Date 9/27/2012 Company Name Silicor Materials Mailing Address 985 Almanor Ave Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Company Description Silicor Materials is a photovoltaic (PV) company that designs, patents, manufactures and markets solar cells in high volumes for the largest segments of the PV industry. Website http://www.silicormaterials.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $4,000,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Silicor Materials Secures $4,000,000 New Funding Round”
Learn from Startup Jedi Masters at “The Power of the Pivot” on Dec. 4
Feels the customer feedback flowing through him, a founder does. Sees the bank account shrinking. Pivots before too late it is. I’ve been thinking lately about starting a blog called “If Yoda Were a VC.” But it’s probably a terrible idea, so to get it out of my system, I’m trying something different: I’m organizing … Continue reading “Learn from Startup Jedi Masters at “The Power of the Pivot” on Dec. 4”
Innovation AND Jobs—They’re Not Mutually Exclusive
This article was written by David Nordfors, president of IIIJ Innovation and Communication; Sven Otto Littorin, former Minister for Employment of Sweden; and Anders Flodström, vice chair of the executive committee of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology. Nordfors, Littorin, and Flodström are co-organizing the IIIJ International Summit on Innovation and Jobs, March 18-19, … Continue reading “Innovation AND Jobs—They’re Not Mutually Exclusive”
Silicon Valley Debates the Do’s and Don’ts of Equity Crowdfunding
Your Facebook friends would love an “Attaboy” from you when they post about their new jobs, or an “Awwww” when they share a puppy picture. But what will you do when they offer you shares in their startup company? That expansion of social media is on its way, as soon as securities regulators finish the … Continue reading “Silicon Valley Debates the Do’s and Don’ts of Equity Crowdfunding”
Criteo Secures $38,500,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d301dbe4-16bb-4ae3-bb48-0289d78aed85&Preview=1 Date 9/26/2012 Company Name Criteo Mailing Address 411 High Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Criteo brings personalized retargeting to the ultimate level. Each ad banner contains product specific information generated automatically in real time for each individual user. This content is unique for each user based on his specific … Continue reading “Criteo Secures $38,500,000 New Financing Round”
Datameer Lands $6,000,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cf50f942-6881-40c0-adc5-3dd0d9d706f7&Preview=1 Date 9/26/2012 Company Name Datameer Mailing Address 2040 Pioneer Court San Mateo, CA 94403 Company Description Datameer delivers a ground-breaking, easy-to-use data analytics solution for business users that is unmatched in scalability, performance and TCO. Website http://www.datameer.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,000,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes The … Continue reading “Datameer Lands $6,000,000 Series C Funding”
TreeRing Secures $3,600,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=60fdbb56-49e7-475b-8c86-692a7b75a462&Preview=1 Date 9/26/2012 Company Name TreeRing Mailing Address 11 N. Ellsworth Ave San Mateo, CA 94401 Company Description TreeRing creates yearbooks for the Internet generation. The Silicon Valley, CA.-based technology company is providing a new approach to the two hundred plus year old yearbook industry. TreeRing takes advantage of the latest technology … Continue reading “TreeRing Secures $3,600,000 New Financing”
Desmos Receives New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d2155414-cad3-4c04-88dc-bc71dd3a91dc&Preview=1 Date 9/26/2012 Company Name Desmos Mailing Address 543 Howard St, 5th Floor San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Desmos began its life as Tutor Trove, LLC. Founded in 2007 by Eli Luberoff, an active tutor, avid programmer, and math and physics double major (read: nerd) at Yale, Tutor Trove’s mission was … Continue reading “Desmos Receives New Funding”
Catalyst Biosciences Lands $13,407,658 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8846f90e-f239-400b-b9c9-d8b5eb3fe87b&Preview=1 Date 9/26/2012 Company Name Catalyst Biosciences Mailing Address 260 Littlefield Avenue South San Francisco, CA 94080 Company Description Catalyst Biosciences is developing the next generation of biopharmaceuticals by harnessing the catalytic power of proteases. Website http://www.catalystbiosciences.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $13,407,658 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were … Continue reading “Catalyst Biosciences Lands $13,407,658 New Financing Round”
Virtual Instruments Secures $27,500,000 Series D Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a5432736-4eea-42bb-af68-e329e0476498&Preview=1 Date 9/26/2012 Company Name Virtual Instruments Mailing Address 25 Metro Drive San Jose, CA 95110 Company Description Virtual Instruments is the leader in Virtual Infrastructure Performance Optimization. Our customers optimize application performance and availability using VirtualWisdom, the world’s only real-time performance monitoring solution for SANs and virtual infrastructure. Website http://www.virtualinstruments.com Transaction … Continue reading “Virtual Instruments Secures $27,500,000 Series D Financing”
Trapit Receives New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a4fb4aaa-2b8e-49e4-a31d-edcc09c9b1d3&Preview=1 Date 9/26/2012 Company Name Trapit Mailing Address 2390 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description The company provides users with a cognitive computer system that can learn from its experience, as well as by being advised. Website http://www.trapit.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “Trapit Receives New Financing Round”
Duck Duck Moose Garners $7,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=78529aa3-32e7-4444-893e-343eb0867b50&Preview=1 Date 9/26/2012 Company Name Duck Duck Moose Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Duck Duck Moose is an award-winning creator of educational children’s applications, founded with the mission of revolutionizing how children learn, play, and imagine on mobile devices. Our apps have been featured in The New York … Continue reading “Duck Duck Moose Garners $7,000,000 Series A Round”
Admobius Lands $5,000,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5d92e1f1-dbf9-4bb1-9e18-3843a8904d52&Preview=1 Date 9/26/2012 Company Name Admobius Mailing Address 181 2nd Avenue San Mateo, CA 94401 Company Description AdMobius, the first mobile Audience Management Platform, enables publishers and advertisers to discover and target relevant audiences at scale. By organizing and interpreting unique demographic and interest-based information AdMobius unlocks the rich value of mobile … Continue reading “Admobius Lands $5,000,000 Series A Financing Round”
Wanderful Media Receives $22,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=91d6dc5a-51f3-432b-aaba-51daed98b6c9&Preview=1 Date 9/26/2012 Company Name Wanderful Media Mailing Address 100 Los Gatos-Saratoga Road Los Gatos, CA 95032 Company Description A company reinventing local discovery shopping, making it engaging, fun and social for consumers, wherever they are and however they shop — tablet, mobile or web. Website http://www.wanderful.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Wanderful Media Receives $22,000,000 New Funding”
Genomes-R-Us: Is BGI now Complete?
The sad endgame in the acquisition of Complete Genomics (NASDAQ: [[ticker:GNOM]]) came last week: having failed to create a sustainable business, CGI was put up for sale in June of this year, culminating in a takeover by sequencing powerhouse BGI for $117.6 million in cash plus $30 million in bridge financing. Behind that headline is … Continue reading “Genomes-R-Us: Is BGI now Complete?”
The iPhone 5: What’s Missing Is App Discovery
The iPhone 5 has arrived! But is it all it’s cracked up to be? When you look at it from the perspective of app discovery the answer is a resounding no. Part of the new feature set of the iPhone 5 is the integration of Chomp to improve search results. This means that app discovery … Continue reading “The iPhone 5: What’s Missing Is App Discovery”
Roche Deal With Tiny Sunnyvale Biotech Revives Old Family Ties
The eight-employee Sunnyvale, CA, company Galaxy Biotech has just scored a licensing deal with Swiss drug giant Roche, which will pay $8 million upfront for exclusive rights to a drug candidate that could complement Roche’s formidable lineup of antibody drugs against cancer. Galaxy’s five PhDs and their research assistants develop antibodies against molecules in the … Continue reading “Roche Deal With Tiny Sunnyvale Biotech Revives Old Family Ties”
Kiip Receives Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bd205eb7-6a8e-4a29-9396-5a52abe5b151&Preview=1 Date 9/25/2012 Company Name Kiip Mailing Address 240 Dolores Street Unit 105 San Francisco, CA 94123 Company Description The company designs mobile gaming advertising technologies. Website http://www.kiip.me Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes The partnership is intended to help reinforce Kiip’s position as the … Continue reading “Kiip Receives Series B Round”
Thuuz Lands $4,174,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=46c02644-e9c6-449b-bf9c-c097fc7a4ec9&Preview=1 Date 9/25/2012 Company Name Thuuz Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Thuuz is revolutionizing sports entertainment! Thuuz alerts you to the most exciting sports games and matches currently being played or recently completed so that you can experience all the suspense and excitement of the best sports action … Continue reading “Thuuz Lands $4,174,000 Series A Round”
SwiftTest Garners $7,250,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=baf06b1e-4645-46b0-a4b2-4b00230fa239&Preview=1 Date 9/25/2012 Company Name SwiftTest Mailing Address 3255 Scott Boulevard Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description SwiftTest develops powerful and efficient commercial testing tools and solutions that take the burden of IP storage test tool development off of in-house engineers and QA teams. SwiftTest was founded by test industry veterans who … Continue reading “SwiftTest Garners $7,250,000 Series B Financing Round”
Small Companies Storm the Edutech Market
Online education is now available for everyone. Parents can home school their children from the moment they start kindergarten until they graduate from high school. Online colleges and universities continue to gain legitimacy as more and more people pursue bachelor’s and master’s degrees via the Internet. Schools such as the University of Phoenix no longer … Continue reading “Small Companies Storm the Edutech Market”